20:45-21:30

Mallard, 3 males,

Kestrel, 1 hunting near boat house,

Curlew, at least 3 in tussles with large flock of crows and several singles calling,

L.B.B.Gull, c10 over west,

Swift, c25 feeding over the res and surrounding grasslands,

Skylark, 2/3 singing,

Swallow, 5 over grasslands,

Blackbird, several singing well in the gloom!

Grasshopper Warbler, 1 reeling from rough ground behind the boat house was my first for the year!

Willow Warbler, 3 singing from car park even as I was leaving at 21:30

Carrion Crow, a large flock off c50 birds over Nutshaw,

Chaffinch, 1 calling incessantly,

Goldfinch, 2 over,

Reed Bunting, 1 singing behind the boat house,

Regards,

David Nuttall